FUNLINER REACTS | Bluecoats 2016, Down Side Up

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[@BenGunnarson]

This was so much fun!!!

[@olivertobin8678]

Was fun having you at The Company! Michigan City was a blast!

[@DrumCorpsLink]

Ben Gunnarson Supercam

[@FORTRNITY]

Mr Gunnarson, I hope you see this, you introduced me into the world of DCI, 2016 was the first show that I ever watched and I instantly fell in love whenever I heard it, I wanna be able to march but unfortunately I play Trombone which usually only marches in a single movement or so, but I wanna try learning a valved instrument so I can play like you do🥺, thank you for the inspiration

[@alexguzman1797]

Idolo

[@StevenRosario2025]

@@FORTRNITY Fellow Bloo alum here! (albeit from 2010!) You should DEFINITELY go for it! Being able to do both proficiently only makes you MORE marketable. The facial setting is very similar. I don't know whether or not you've already begun your journey to learning bari/euph but one of the biggest things that helped me teach my trombone kids the bari/euph was relating the positions to fingerings. (Yes, I'm a band teacher now.) e.g. First = open, 2nd = second finger, 3rd = first finger, 4th = 1+2, 5th = 2+3, 6th = 1+3, 7th = 1+2+3 Staff usually looks for how quickly (and with a good attitude) you can apply critique, be it immediately and/or from camp to camp. The experience is definitely worth it. Most of the time, one's self will eliminate or "cut" themself (metaphorically speaking) before anyone else will. Have a great attitude, listen closely, and don't be afraid to get to know vets. They're people, too! btw, I was a sax player and marched '09 - '10. If *I* can do it, YOU can do it!

[@malikneille]

So hyped got me dizzy

[@zacharygonzalez5934]

This video from Ben is what got me into DCI.

[@paulplaysstuff6696]

@Simon Ferreira same

[@stevanbustos229]

Same. And then I saw Metamorph and then that's what 100% boosted me.

[@alexalonso4980]

@@stevanbustos229 dude same here, I saw a tenor cam from Metamorph right after Ben's headcam

[@jordycambara3609]

@@stevanbustos229 same!! Metamorph is my favorite show, my second is scv 2018 and third is this show

[@jordycambara3609]

@@alexalonso4980 dude I watched all the headcams for 2017, I love that show so much

[@C-Doug]

I just now put together that Malik won championships with two different corps. Wow.

[@C-Doug]

Alan too. Didn’t mean to leave him out!

[@landanperez2375]

A few of personal favorites that I’d love to you guys react to: Carolina Crown 2013- E=mc^2 Bluecoats 2015- Kinetic Noise Blue Devils 2017- Metamorph Carolina Crown 2015- Inferno Phantom Regiment 2008- Spartacus

[@tekneiq]

These shows are so good.

[@icebiirb9440]

The metamorph javier solo gets me in the feels bruuuuuh

[@joseph-2028]

Can y’all do crown 2010 with Eric Carr (emcproductions ) he marched quads that show

[@rudyzuniga397]

You guys should get Javier the BD 17 soloist to react to his headcam

[@coolcurler1240]

@Nick does Quad drumming man you can't lie javier slayed his solo, no matter if its overrated or not

[@upsidedownpyramid7617]

Javiiiiu

[@Ryan-dz7mg]

Nick does Quad drumming Lol okay Explain why everyone says BD shouldn’t have won whenever they do

[@chorgnart]

Nick does Quad drumming bruh, you can’t deny the fact that bd perform really well. They may not have the greatest shows but they are really good on a performance standpoint

[@gersongomez1876]

Nick does Quad drumming the judges do 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@littlemow]

I already know this bouta be some heat

[@kennethschechter352]

yet another recipe.... so hype

[@faviuspena-amaya1309]

Seeing all them smile so much makes me so unbelievably happy.

[@juliwithluv]

Who else is here so they can watch the whole show cause they can’t find it anywhere else???

[@kennethschechter352]

all these recipes

[@_anthony_2535]

It’s gonna be a headcam

[@tuttiflooti]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gailY4lnbMl-nas The quality is bad but its a 360° interactive video This one is the original link that they watched in the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKerl6Fsg9GCba8 You can also try these ones kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqC5nJ6aiK51oas kzbin.info/www/bejne/fX6QgINmfKmCl80 kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ3FgIVobsSsfas kzbin.info/www/bejne/gailY4lnbMl-nas

[@dzinator4225]

Literally just search up bd 2016 and it shows up

[@kennethschechter352]

dzinator bd?

[@iam_in_your_walls]

You guys should do an episode with Javier

[@Mitch6080]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bloo14738]

He’s the bd17 ballad/closer soloist right?

[@aurorarocole4570]

I would absolutely LOVE to see a Bluecoats 2014 Tilt reaction, one of my fav shows of all time! Also amazing vids guys keep up the wonderful work!

[@trevorchandler3831]

Y’all should bring Joey alegre and watch dreams and nighthawks, also love the show.

[@okey7261]

I like that show too and I love Alan Hester's Solo

[@erstadan2199]

Okey I tried that solo and it’s so good

[@r3medyproductions]

I've just started watching this channel recently but I think it's so cool what you guy are doing! It's cool to see an inside perspective from some of the shows that I know I looked up to before being able to join the activity and I think it can give other people an idea of what drum corps is like and how it has affected you all. I'm excited to watch more videos and learn more about some of these shows that I enjoy so much and just to hear the conversation y'all have. Keep up the awesome work :)

[@DrHexagon_]

This ballad makes me wanna cry every time lol. I talk about it with my band director (this drum major) all the time and we love it. Def gotta be my favorite show of all time. What I would give to be able to see it again

[@kennethschechter352]

can’t wait for that Bluecoats signature Eb#11

[@Silentzs]

I will always look up to you Ben! I'm in 7th-grade band and I play the french horn, I have watched the headcam video 100+ times because I love marching band and cant wait to go into marching band, Thank you for inspiring me !

[@blaceish]

This is such a wonderful video. It is great to have such wholesome DCI content at the moment!

[@gabbisaurusrex]

fun fact: bens video of Downside Up is what got me into dci! (although im in marching band and concert band i had never heard of dci before i saw his video)

[@alexguzman1797]

7:32 rip trombone

[@kotlingoddess]

Now this is my favorite dci related channel

[@PlushChronicles]

This is a great format I love watching these! Keep it up!!!

[@Lacheddar1990]

That's awesome you had a journey from second trumpet to lead. and marched both blue teams. Really amazing work. congrats

[@gdkermit9953]

This was literally the first video on DCI I’ve ever watched, it’s amazing

[@GraysonBuzz]

That was such a great show! That summer I worked with another lifelong DCI fan who was roughly my age and every morning when I got to work, we would talk the previous night's shows - his son was in Scouts that year - and that often including griping about the Coats unis! LOL! But that music...oh my! Could not get enough of it. There were passages that made me think of the Latin charts of the Scouts in the 80s and 90s. I could tell from the first night when I saw that show in the Premiere broadcast in the theater that that was the show to beat in 2016. I felt a little disloyal to BD in having to admit that was probably my favorite of that summer. Great show!

[@jakebaker1051]

Thanks you guys for making my day better.

[@austinorlikowski768]

Nobody's gonna talk about the mallet player literally playing two instruments at once at 6:43? dammnnnnn

[@asherhumphrey849]

He went to summer symposium ask about norm

[@metazoinqb3rt299]

Last year for my southwind audition we played up chromatically from middle c and I hit double f for the first time ever in that audition. It was INSANE

[@Crescendo123]

Glad to see my recommendation actually happened!!!

[@zanecrider1777]

Blue knights 2019, react? It's an awesome show, one of the darkest sounding in tone

[@GamertagXYT]

THIS IS LEGENDARY

[@laurel4853]

I was at the Massillon show that year! You guys were incredible! Loved the encore show so much too! 💙

[@aidanray4846]

Dude I love this series

[@DrHexagon_]

Lmao the drum major is now my band director

[@rojosiah307]

I remember seeing Ben and asking for a picture but getting cut off because I had to get back to my bus... it was a soul crushing day

[@evanjackson7077]

Could you guys please make a video about auditions, costs, camps, Spring training and everything before the summer season? I haven’t found too much information about those sorts of things and I think that it would be awesome to hear about. Keep up the great work! I love these videos!

[@russellcollings2002]

Everything before the summer season is weekly online music and visual assignments, you can make payments on your total fees, and auditions you just gotta work you ass off and show up as prepared as you can

[@trevorstoyer6601]

When your high school has two of these props😋 THEY’RE SO MUCH FUN AND I LOVE BLOO

[@L0R3N23]

Niceeee keep up the content guys! Show reaction recommendations: 2002 Cavs, 2003 SCV, 2007 P.R., 2011 B.D. (my personal fave show ever, second only to ‘12 Crown), 2011 Cadets, 2011 SCV, & 2018 B.C.

[@bingetech8554]

you should react to the Rue Nani Nahh head cam (blood 2015)

[@Splooie010]

Yes! This please!

[@EuphAsta]

Very good episode!

[@MicahEnlow]

Summer symposium was awesome

[@prestonjones20013]

Flugelhorn solo is sooooo smooth

[@seanmcbride8864]

I love seeing drum corps videos on my suggested!!!

[@brandtschaible8124]

Since the holiday season is coming up, I see Cadets 2012 in the line up for a reaction.

[@seatea3128]

Ben, I think you marched with one of my best friends in High School, Rudy Noriega. So cool!

[@cameronventiquattro4256]

Just when Ben said we did need you Alan looked up at the heavens like it just opened up

[@mileshatton9240]

I only found this channel today, but it’s pretty good and I enjoy these. If your looking for an older show to watch, I would suggest 1991 Star of Indiana. In my opinion it has one of the best closers

[@nickhunley]

I'd love to see a reaction to Crown 2014 Out of This World. It's a personal favorite of mine as a fan, but I'd like to see a more in depth breakdown of the show.

[@NMcCarthy03]

10/10 should get Kyle Tsuchiya to react to bluecoats 2017

[@fabiangonzales3272]

Such a cool video should do a 2015 video of kinetic 😍

[@maxwelljohnson3628]

How do alternates work? You guys kept mentioning them but do they just learn new drill all the time or what?

[@daviddesalvo623]

bros absolutely dying for the next vid.

[@coltonhibbard9194]

You guys should bring Scott Dean on to watch one of his shows.

[@nickpeschel3557]

yall gotta react to crown 17, and phantom 03

[@derekr9758]

I know it sounds dumb, but y'all should do a reaction video for either BD 17' or BD 19'. Atleast for 17' Everett can speak on some of the things that went into that show, and for 19' you all can speak to it, could even bring in a percussion member as a guest as well. :) great video too! this is one of the shows that inspired me to get into marching band and drum corps.

[@jordycambara3609]

I would love to see Javier in this

[@andrewjaschke8525]

Hey you guys should check out Pacific Crest 2019 show. Definitely a different style and enjoyable show over all. Dig what you guys do, keep it going.

[@Jump-2-the-moon]

Can you get Javier on???

[@rileybushey]

React to Joey Alegre’s with the man himself

[@baleohhay7983]

bro, I was a shadow alternate for my high school in 9th grade, and the thought of that again for world class DCI is terrifying

[@juannou2710]

ONGGGGGGGG so make sure you are the best !

[@trentoncolwell8582]

Video was still 🔥

[@braydendill5389]

Michael Lehman is my band director

[@yea1699]

You guys should watch Cavies 2008

[@Unknownuser55465]

The amount of times ive practiced along side this video is ridiculous

[@naomirhoja6539]

This is random but could y’all do a video on how to pay for dci?

[@Banana-rs1ok]

dude Ben looks so different now than from 4 years ago haha

[@evanhalbardier7708]

When you watch this video to see if they mention your band director who is in this show

[@evanhalbardier7708]

when you hear that your band director broke his wrist on the prop

[@Unhandled38]

Do early 2000’s blue devils with Scott dean please :,))

[@johngomez4842]

React to Carolina Crown 2013

[@bronwynkhangsar1388]

y’all should react to some HS bands! Hebron, Vandegrift, and Reagan ‘19 to name a few :)

[@hunterbraun5273]

2016 crown or a boston crusaders show please.

[@domingoornelas3428]

Why did malik switch corps

[@kalebbowlin9148]

React to relentless crown 2016

[@connorvincek1143]

So um how did ben pay for all of the drum corps, study abroad, and just being abroad. Hmmmmm

[@shrayshine3216]

Phantom 08 next plsssss

[@jaleelragland4396]

Crown 2013 plz?

[@mcclanebernshausen1929]

This is my favorite show of all time (besides metamorph and inferno lol), im super excited to see what these guys have to say about it as former members!

[@tr3ybod857]

Ben looks like Captain Sparkles without agony. Just me? Ok :( It was a joke No offense.

[@russellcollings2002]

bruh this comment

[@DillonM-mc6yw]

Dummy hyped

[@kennethschechter352]

this recipe bouta be poppin

[@soysauce131]

Bluecoats 17 and BD 17 pls do

[@williamjohnston2312]

Cadets 2008?

[@poopybutfartlolhaha5913]

Scv 2019

[@neymarkabatumbi6959]

Can yall bring Elijah jones. On the funliner

[@Eamont_]

Hmmm

[@billthorn1604]

Give us some cadets boyz, 13, 05, or 93 preferably

[@XMarioX-we5ef]

They all wore black shirts

[@jamesreese4170]

I'm so glad they won this year, but I feel like 14 and 19 are better shows. All 3 should be titles imo.

[@gersongomez1876]

Lol, comment deleted 😂

[@griffingarner2478]

Bro get a stand for your microphone

[@pbh07]

Those are the worst uniforms

[@trentoncolwell8582]

Nobody wants a head cam bruh👍 Give us the full show where it shows everyone👍

[@wildrafiki575]

Some of us like head cams

[@russellcollings2002]

wildrafiki 575 bruh THE Ben Gunnarson’s on this episode, they’re gonna watch his headcam.